# Ivan Leon

> DistSys & AI | Building human-centric products & systems

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/ivanleon

I am an antidisciplinary technologist, designer, and scientist with a focus on cognitive systems and human-technology interaction. I am designing the future of technological integration in our every day actions and interactions. My dream is to dismantle the barriers between technology and the human experience through thoughtfully designed agent systems and novel computing environments.

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ Stealth
Jan 2025 – Present

### Co-Founder | CEO @ Monoql
Jan 2023 – Present | United States

### Principal Software Engineer @ Datacurve
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Vendia
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025

### Fractional CTO @ Greystone
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Seattle, Washington, United States

### Principal Software Engineer @ Guidance Analytics, LLC
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
• Oversaw daily operations of the technology department for requirement specifications and project planning.
• Hired, trained, and led a team of software and data engineers across two development teams.
• Designed and led the implementation of 6 microservices with Docker and ECS.
• Implemented infrastructure-as-code infrastructure on AWS and Render with Terraform and Render Blueprints.
• Optimized computing infrastructure to reduce platform costs by over 40%.
• Designed and led the implementation of data pipelines and ETL processes for large-scale AI/ML projects.
• Developed statistical analysis and inference solutions to improve medical provider performance.
• Collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver customer-driven products and solutions.

### Software Engineering Manager @ Guidance Analytics, LLC
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022

### AI Consultant @ Guidance Analytics, LLC
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Remote

### RPI HASS Research Fellow @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023

### Graduate Research Scientist @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jan 2018 – Jan 2023

### PhD Candidate in Cognitive Science @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jan 2018 – Jan 2023 | Troy, New York

### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018
Student Researcher at CRAIVE Lab & LEIA Lab

### Web Developer @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | Troy, New York
•  Website development
•  Publications staff

### Data Scientist (Intern) @ Meta
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Menlo Park, California, United States
• Designed and implemented user experiments to gather data from over 100 million daily active Facebook/Messenger users to build behavior prediction models used to influence cross-functional stakeholder decision making.
• Developed data processing and ETL pipelines built to handle billions of data points daily.

### Founder @ Omicron AI
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States
Omicron AI is an AI Consultancy offering a software framework to build artificial intelligent agents.

### Applied Science (PhD) Researcher (Intern) @ WeWork
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | New York, New York

### Architectural Intern @ Gustavo Gonzalez & Asociados
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Cuenca, Ecuador
•  Virtual landscape/housing modeling and design.
•  Assisting in urban development projects including market research to determine best design strategy for housing/hotel development. 
•  Architectural design including architectonic development/application to hotel and modular house design.

### Sales Representative @ Vector Marketing
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Charlotte, North Carolina
•	Developed sales skills to sell kitchen cutlery
•	Learned to engage a small audience through presentation and sales skills. 
•	Became first member of training group to reach sales goal of $2,500 in the first two weeks.

### Academic Tutor @ Freelance Tutor
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Clover, SC
•	Tutoring middle school and high school students in all academic subjects. 
•	Building a client base and managing a small, single person business. 
•	Actively engaging each individual students needs and methods of learning to boost interest and, in turn, retention.

### Music Teacher and Camp Coordinator @ School of Rock
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Charlotte, NC
•	Coordinator of performance camp and final show.
•	Teaching guitar, keyboard, and basic music theory to students with a concentration on performance, showmanship, and musicality. 
•	Coordinated daily rehearsals and in charge of audio recording of these rehearsal sessions.

### Office Assistant @ Charlotte Pediatric Dentistry
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 | Charlotte, NC
•	Organization of office equipment and patient files.
•	In charge of office "paperless" movement; Scanning all files and documents onto a virtual file system.
•	Cleaning and disinfecting work spaces before and after office hours.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Cognitive Science
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

### Bachelor's Degree in Architecture
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

### High School in Music Performance, General
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ielm
- Portfolio: https://ielm.io

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Last updated: 2026-03-31